not more than he deserves, and
you will have a chance to hear from him as to its merits. It is
sufficient now for me to state, very briefly, why I heartily
supported it in the Senate.

"In the first place it is a clear-cut, effective measure that will
make explicit the rates of duties proposed; will prevent, as far
as the law can, any evasion or undervaluation. It is in every line
and word a protective tariff. It favors, to the extent of the
duty, the domestic manufacturer, and will induce the production
here of every article suited to our condition and climate. It is
a fair law, for it extends its benefits not only to the artisan,
but, to the farmer and producer in every field of employment. I
know, by my long experience in passing upon tariff bills, that the
McKinley bill more carefully and beneficially protects the farmer
in his productions than any previous measures of the kind. And
its inevitable effect in encouraging manufactures will give to the
farmer the best possible market for his crops. The bill has
received, and will bear, discussion, and will improve on acquaintance.
The new features of the bill relating to sugar and tin plate will
soon demonstrate the most satisfactory results. Sugar will be
greatly lowered in cost to the consumer, while the bounty given to
the domestic producer will soon establish the cultivation of beet
and sorghum sugar in the United States, as the same policy has done
in Germany and France. The increased duty soon to be put upon tin
plate will develop, and has already developed, tin mines in several
states and territories, so that we may confidently hope that in a
short period we will be sweetened by untaxed home sugar, and
protected by untaxed tin plate. The arts of the demagogue, which
were at the last election played upon the credulous to deceive them
as to the effects of the McKinley bill, will return to plague the
inventors, and this Republican measure, with its kindred measures,
reciprocity and fair play to American ships, will be among the
boasted triumphs of our party, in which our Democratic friends
will, as usual, heartily acquiesce.

"There is another question in which the people are vitally interested,
and that is the currency question. They want good money and plenty
of it. They want all their money of equal value, so that a dollar
will be the same whether it is made of gold or silver or paper.
We have had this kind of money since the resumption of specie